Ointment development to combat Skin Cancer

 

Chilean scientists have developed an  ointment that early trials have proved effective in combating melanoma, the most aggressive variety of skin cancer

The cream, said the University of Santiago on Friday March 04,2016 has been made by a research team from its faculty of chemistry and biology and contains a plant that is endemic to the South American country, Xinhua news agency reported.

It is currently in the early stages of testing and being applied to animals, and so far it has proved to be an effective solution for melanoma, according to Sofia Michelson, who along with Claudio Acuna led the research team.

Every year between two and three million people all over the world are diagnosed with melanoma, according to World Health Organisation (WHO)